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DEVICE FOR CLEANING WIND SHIELDS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1919.

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DEVICE FO FR. CLEANING WIND-SHIELDS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 23, 1919.

Application filed July 31, 1919. Serial No. 314,419.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known-thatll, CLARENCE B. ONEILL, a citizen of the United States, residin at Clymer, in the county of Indiana and tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Device for Gleaning Wind-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in an automobile wind shield attahment,.and more particularly to devices for cleaning or wiping the wind shield or otherforeign matter, to enable the operator to have an unobstructed view through the wind shield, at all times. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily anaeasn attached to any type of wind shield, nowin use.

A still further object of the to provide means operated by the foot of the operator for operatingthe wiping element of the cleaner.

ith' the foregoing and other objects in view'which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in thecom .bination and arrangement of parts and in the details .of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthat changesin the precise embodiment of til the invention herein disclosed, may be made withinthe; scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the inventlon.

eferring to the drawings 1- Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational vidw of a wind shield havingmy invention attached thereto.

l ig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 means of its shaft.

is a detail view disclosing the Fig. lis a. sectional view of a modified form of wiper operating means. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the spring pulley used for returning the wiper.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational viewof the spring ulley, and;

i Fig. is a sectional viewof the wiping element, disclosing the manner in which the same engages the wind shield. A Referring now to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the glass wind shield, to which my invention is applied the wind shield including the usual llic frame 6, which is supported on the free of snow, rain invention is connecting the wiping element to is coiled body of the automobile, adjacent the rear bers of the bracket are provided with transverse openings 10,'forming bearings for the operating shaft ll, which has its ends positioned in said openings 10, in suoh'a way that portions thereof extend beyond the vertical plane of the side members 7 and 8, forpurposes to be hereinafter more fully described v On the end.l2 of the shaft ll,i:is rigidly rack 13, the teeth 14 mounted the s egmental with the teeth 15 of thereof being in mesh the pinion 16 mounted on the shaft 17, which 7 shaft extends through the vided'in the lower end of 8 of the bracket.

As shown, the shaft 17 extends beyond the vertical plane of the inner side wall of the side member 8, and has an integral right angled arm 19 formed thereon, which arm engages within the tubular member 20 forming the support for the rubber wiping element 21, which operates over the wind shield glass for cleaning the same of any foreign matter which may become deposited thereon.

This tubular element 20 is provided with an upwardly extending leg 22 around which one end of the coil spring 23, opposite end of said coil spring 23 having connection with the lug 24.: formed on the shaft 19, and which operates in the slot 25, for exerting pressure on the tubular memopening 18 prothe side member curved integral arched memthe ber 20,"in one direction, for-forcing; the wiping element 21 into close engagement ,with

i the wind shield glass 5.

ble connection 28, wine has its lower end connected to the lever 29 to be engaged by u when the foot pedal 29 has been r member 8 of the bracket usual foot which operates the clamping member 34, the

cars 10 formed connected the operators' foot, for drawing the arm 27 downwardly and consequently causing a sweeping movement of the cleaning element 21.

As shown, the coil spring 30 has one of its ends secured to the operating shaft 11, the intermediate portion thereof being coiled around said shaft 11, the opposite end of said coil s ring 30, being secured toa side member g of the, bracket, as at 31, whereby the operating shaft 11 is returned to its normal position .as shown by Fig. 1,

released. lower end of the side mem- 7, is a threaded openin 32, through the threade shaft 33, of same being forced into engagement with the wind shield glass 5, by merely rotating the head 35 of the threaded shaft 33. It will thus be seen that the bracket member is rigidly, but de tachably connected to the wind shield.

In the modified form of the invention, shown more'particularly by Sheet 2 of the drawings, I have provided a bracket inember inc uding the side members 7 and 8', connected at their upper ends by the arched Adjacent the ber member 9', and having suitable supporting on the side members 7 and 8, for supporting the shaft members 11, which in turn support the pulley me bers 12. g

In this form, I haveemployed a spring pulley 13', having the internal coiled spring 14' supported therein in such a way that the same will impartrotarymovement to the pulley, vin one direction, or in a direction to return the pulley to its normal inoperative position.

The shaft 15 extends through the side and has connection with the pulley 13' by means of the nut 16', which secures the pulley and shaft together, in such away that rotary movement of the pulley 13 causes a relative movement of the shaft 15'. The shaft 15' is provided with a right angled portion 17', which is of .a construction as indicated by Fig. 3 of the drawings, and as carries the wiping element 21.

Ad acent the lower end of the side member is a clamping element the same as Fig. 2 ofthe drawin and as previous y described, therefore 1t unnecessary to go into details with to the co struction of ment.

A flexiblemember 18' has one of its ends with the pulley 13', the intermediate portion thereof passing over the pulleys 12, and the opposite end ofsaid flexible member having connection with the edal 29, pivoted to the floor of the automo 11s, as at 19'.

previously described,

will be The operation of the device is as follows. hen a machine is running along through rain, the rain collects on the wind shield, in such a way that the view of the operator is obstructed, thereby increasing the chances of having an accident.

en the wind shield is in such condition, it is only necessary for the operator to place his foot on the pedal 29, depressing the same, with the result that the segmental gear 14 operates the pinion 15, which in turn operates the wiping element 21 in .such a way that the same sweeps the outer surface of the wind shield, thereby removin all foreign matter collected thereon, an the operator now has a clear unobstructed view through the wind shield.

The same operation takes place in the form shown by Fig. 4 of the drawings, with the exception that the spring pulley l3 operates the wiping element 21, instead of the se ental rack 14 and pinion 15.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, a bracket includlng spaced side members, said side members extending downwardly and overlying the wind shleld, a curved member connecting the side members and embracing the upper edge of the wind shield, a shaft extendin through one of the side members adjacent the lower edge thereof, a wiping element carried by one end of the shaft, means for exerting pressure on the wiping element, an adjustable threaded clamping member extending through the member and engaging the cooperating with the wipin ositively securing the bracket to the wind s ield against lateral movement, and means for operating the wiping element. I

2. In a device of the character described, a bracket including spaced side members, said bracket adapted to embrace the portion of a wind shield, a rotary o crating shaft positioned within the brac et, a coiled spring positioned on said shaft for moving the shaft in one direction, a a shaft connecting the wiping element to one of the side members of the bracket, means for. providing communication between theshaft and wiping element, to provide a rotary motion of the wiping element, and means for operating the operating In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Ihave hereto aflixed my signawiping element, 

